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The poster mentions using Canvas to fingerprint browsers (which is new to me). Is there any obvious way to block it on Firefox? I found this addon (https://ad
by jbm 6y ago
The poster mentions using Canvas to fingerprint browsers (which is new to me). Is there any obvious way to block it on Firefox?
I found this addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker...) but not sure if this is something that really helps or not.
- floatingatoll 6y agoBlocking canvas fingerprinting makes you stand out like a firework, in fingerprinting terms.
- kevinslashslash 6y agoThere is an about:config setting called privacy.resistFingerprinting that does a handful of things, I believe including canvas fingerprinting. It also disables site specific zoom though (as that could be used for fingerprinting) which I find rather annoying.
- theamk 6y agoI don't think the poster is correct about this. Among other reasons, there is no "profit" from fingerprinting the browser. Fingerprinting the user allows for collecting user data that can be sold. Fingerprinting the browser has no such benefits -- the browser checks are usually done so that site "looks good" for an average user, and the amount of users who use rare browsers _and_ spoof their user agents is too small to care about.